Taiping Koon Restaurant

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Tai Ping Koon Restaurant 太平館餐廳
Address: 6 Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
香港銅鑼彎白沙道6號
Tel: 2576 9161

The other “stream” is Western/Cantonese style imported from Guangzhou where in the mid 19th century it was one of five trading posts the Brits had established in China.

Taiping Koon first opened its door to business in Canton in 1860, the year the Britsih won the second Opium War and got Kowloon ceded to the Crown. In 1935, the restaurant moved south and opened their first branch in Hong Kong.

Comparing Taiping Koon with Queen’s Café, the former is not as glamorous as the latter. The Queen’s was the scene of a few movies but Taiping Koon could match in every other aspect food-wise with the Queen’s. In terms of tradition, TK has more. It is told that the recipe for one of their signature dish – the Swiss Chicken Wing瑞士雞翼 has remained as it is for generations. The sauce used is actually sweet soy sauce. And, when it was first introduced in the restaurant, the Ang Mo misunderstood “sweet” as “Swiss” and so it was called Swiss Chicken Wing in stead of Sweet Chicken Wing ever since.

Other signature dishes include Smoked Pomfret煙鯧魚, Fried Pigeon 燒乳鴿and Vanilla Soufflé云呢拿梳厘. Fried Beef Hofun in Swiss Sauce 瑞士汁牛河and Bake Pork Chop Rice 焗豬排飯are also best amongst the best.